The Volunteer
After a masterful performance as Othello in a London theater 'Ralph Richardson' is asked for an autograph by Fred, his dresser. A short while later, Fred has joined the Fleet Air Arm (Fly Navy) and has become a hero, rescuing a pilot from his burning plane. When Fred goes to Buckingham Palace it's Ralph's turn to ask for an autograph.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Ralph Richardson
Self
Self
Ralph Richardson
Self
Narrator
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Pat McGrath
Fred Davey
Anna Neagle
Self
Self - Leaving Denham Studio
Laurence Olivier
Self
Self - Impersonating a Fish outside Restaurant Window
Michael Powell
Photographer Outside Buckingham Palace
Herbert Wilcox
Self
Self - leaving Denham Studio
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Tommy Woodrooffe
Self
Self - Narrator of documentary seen on aircraft carrier
Anthony Asquith
Self
Self - director of propaganda film
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Charles de Gaulle
Self
Self (in film screened on board)
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Allan Gray
Composer
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Frederick Ford
Cinematographer
Anna Neagle